[NetBehaviour] Why Soldiers Rape?

[marc garrett]

Why Soldiers Rape?

by Helen Benedict, In These Times.

Culture of misogyny, illegal occupation fuel sexual violence in military.

An alarming number of women soldiers are being sexually abused by their 
comrades-in-arms, both at war and at home. This fact has received a fair 
amount of attention lately from researchers and the press - and 
deservedly so.

But the attention always focuses on the women: where they were when 
assaulted, their relations with the assailant, the effects on their 
mental health and careers, whether they are being adequately helped, and 
so on. That discussion, as valuable as it is, misses a fundamental 
point. To understand military sexual assault, let alone know how to stop 
it, we must focus on the perpetrators. We need to ask: Why do soldiers rape?

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